One Bird, or two?

It's been a few days, sorry. The weekend was pleasant. I preached on Sabbath on "True Success #9." Then we had lunch at Garcia's. We visited till 10:30 P.M. They are a fun family. She is a Pediatrician, and he does some technical stuff in the hospital. They live at EVI ( apparently temporarily) and we hope to draw them in. Right now, he is the spark behind our push on evangelism.

On Sunday, my Lover and I worked on destroying an old shed on campus and getting rid of all its contents. It took several hours, but we got it done. We had super with C. A. Murray, the Production Manager from 3ABN (and his wife, Irma.) They are an easy-going couple. He is at EVI for his prostate cancer. He couldn't come at the time of the regular session, so we took him anyway. He is getting the royal treatment. Our Lifestyle session will be full next month. 

My wife is working at Home Instead. She takes care of old people, usually overnight. We can use the money. 

We discovered a blight on our small tomato plants in the greenhouse today. That is so discouraging. We are intent on succeeding on the farm, and the Devil is as intent on destroying our efforts.

 Nothing is new. I still have no camera. I would love to experiment with one and this blog. Someone, however, will have to teach me how to put pics on this thing. I'm sure it's easy, right? 

I've been thinking for a while about something I read. The author, whoever it was, said something to the effect that, "The only thing that drives people into sin is dissatisfaction." I guess, if you think about it, it's true. If a person was always totally satisfied, he'd never go looking for anything else. But, that is also true about people wanting to be saved. What else would drive us there, except dissatisfaction with things as they are? We have a God-shaped hole in our hearts. Nothing can satisfy that vacuum except God. Hence, the search. Some look up, some look down. 

It's now occurring to me that nothing in this world is meant to satisfy. That isn't why we are here. We are on a battle field. There is nothing but destruction all around. (It doesn't always look that way, but it would if we could compare it to what it once was.) The Devil offers booze, drugs, movies, sex, violence and ease, and he sells it as really worth having. It never satisfies. God offers Himself, but He doesn't pretend that, even with Him, we will have heaven on earth. This world is not our home. 

So now, it's a choice of faith. A bird in the hand (worldly pleasure), or two in the bush (some future eternal bliss). Which do you think is real? Does your life reflect what you believe?